Senior Software Engineer
Autodesk · Posted Sep 21
3D design, engineering, architecture, and entertainment software solutions
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About the role
Autodesk is seeking a passionate and enthusiastic Senior Software Engineer to join its dynamic and innovative engineering team, contributing to rapidly improve critical data ecosystems and delivering innovative solutions to sophisticated and modern engineering problems. As part of the team, you will learn, grow, and help bring data closer to our users, making critical choices, tackling hard problems, and improving the platform’s reliability, resiliency, and scalability. The ideal candidate is someone who is excited about working in a team, can own and deliver long-term projects to completion, is detail and quality oriented, and is excited about the prospects of having a big impact with data at Autodesk.
What you will do
- Design, architect, and implement robust tools, frameworks, and services to instrument, collect, and process product data at scale.
- Lead technical discussions and collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver innovative and maintainable solutions.
- Apply your knowledge of various technologies and choose the best fit to meet business requirements
- Understand and contribute to making the product data ecosystem better
- Own end-to-end development, including design, implementation, automated testing, documentation, and deployment.
- Develop and maintain cross-platform applications and components that run seamlessly on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Build reusable components and libraries
- Ensure the performance, quality, speed and scalability of the application
- Help our users adopt and integrate our components
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 5–12 years of professional experience in software engineering, with strong functional or object-oriented programming skills.
- Proven expertise in desktop application and component development, including libraries, multi-threaded applications, and platform-specific optimizations.
- Solid proficiency in C/C++, C#, Java, Python with at least 3-8 years working on desktop and component development
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and automated deployment workflows
- Proficiency with distributed version control systems (preferably Git) and modern development workflows.
- Experience with at least one of the testing frameworks – GTest, Java TestNG, etc
- Experience with distributed version control system (preferably git)
- Humble, collaborative, team player, willing to step up and support your colleagues
- Outstanding communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Highly organized and can write clear and reader-friendly documentation
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and commit to agreed business goals
- Familiar with non-functional testing such as load, performance and resiliency testing
- Good command of English (Speaking, Writing and Reading)
- Degree in computer science or related field
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with virtualization software (VMware, VirtualBox, etc.) and AWS cloud services
- Experience working with Big Data technologies, especially in the context of product or telemetry data.
- Understanding of data architecture fundamentals, data modeling, and distributed data processing.
- Strong skills in writing and optimizing SQL queries for analytics or data processing.
Benefits and support
- Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package.
- Annual cash bonuses
- Commissions for sales roles
- Stock grants
- A comprehensive benefits package
About Autodesk
Autodesk is a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, providing solutions for architecture, engineering, construction, product design, and media creation. Its flagship products, such as AutoCAD, Revit, and Fusion 360, empower professionals across industries to imagine, design, and make a better world. As a pioneer in the space, the company continues to drive innovation through cloud collaboration, digital twins, and AI-powered design workflows.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 1982
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
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